Velázquez

Grand Palais(Paris 8e): Born in Seville in 1599, Velázquez is one of the most important figures in the history of art. The leader of the Spanish school, official artist to King Philip IV, his art gave him a timelessness that is rivaled only by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio and Rembrandt.